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Offline bill300d

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Hammer ID requested
« on: October 04, 2015, 12:21:16 PM »
I picked this up a while back for a dollar and have been trying to ID it. Have you ever seen one like this? It has no identifying marks at all.
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Offline oldgoaly

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Re: Hammer ID requested
« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2015, 02:40:28 PM »
looks like it was a shop made
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Offline leg17

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Re: Hammer ID requested
« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2015, 03:44:15 PM »
The rope knurling suggests to me that it was made pre-WWI.
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Offline Yadda

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Re: Hammer ID requested
« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2015, 03:58:46 PM »
That was a dollar well spent.
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Offline Chillylulu

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Re: Hammer ID requested
« Reply #4 on: October 05, 2015, 08:56:55 PM »
It looks like a silversmith's planishing hammer. Coppersmith,  tinsmith, etc.

Would have had mirror finishes.

Chilly
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Re: Hammer ID requested
« Reply #5 on: November 08, 2015, 06:28:03 PM »
It's a raising hammer for sheet metal work.
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Offline Chillylulu

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Re: Hammer ID requested
« Reply #6 on: November 21, 2015, 04:31:27 PM »
Quote from: Chad on November 08, 2015, 06:28:03 PM
It's a raising hammer for sheet metal work.

Not quite, raising hammers are wide one way and short the other, so that you van "raise" thr metal.  Planishing hammers usually have a flat face and a slightly domed face. They are used for smoothing out a form after working it.

I'll try to get mine out and take a couple of pictures.  I have plenty of both types, modern and vintage.

Chilly
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Offline bill300d

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Re: Hammer ID requested
« Reply #7 on: November 21, 2015, 07:51:29 PM »
Thanks for education on raising and planishing hammers guys.  A couple of weeks ago while perusing a trade journal on google books I ran across an ad for a hammer that looked just like the one in my photos. I thought that I copied the page but now can't find it nor can i remember the name of the manufacturer.
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Offline oldgoaly

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Re: Hammer ID requested
« Reply #8 on: November 21, 2015, 08:13:07 PM »
raising / blocking hammers for sheet metal  Pexto & Niagara were the bigger makers.
You can find thier catalogs here
http://www.thesheetmetalshop.com/module-htmlpages-display-pid-128.html
plus many other good S/M tools & equipment
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Offline Chillylulu

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Re: Hammer ID requested
« Reply #9 on: December 07, 2015, 10:43:27 PM »
Quote from: oldgoaly on November 21, 2015, 08:13:07 PM
raising / blocking hammers for sheet metal  Pexto & Niagara were the bigger makers.
You can find thier catalogs here
http://www.thesheetmetalshop.com/module-htmlpages-display-pid-128.html
plus many other good S/M tools & equipment

WHAT?!??!! Is Papaws Wrench going 50 shades? S/M tools and equipment.  If the infamous Marquis was alive today he would be spinning in his grave!

Chilly  :embarrassed:
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Offline Bill Houghton

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Re: Hammer ID requested
« Reply #10 on: December 08, 2015, 01:57:29 PM »
I think that's S AND M, Chilly.
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Offline Chillylulu

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Re: Hammer ID requested
« Reply #11 on: December 11, 2015, 01:24:42 AM »
Quote from: Bill Houghton on December 08, 2015, 01:57:29 PM
I think that's S AND M, Chilly.

There's more than one?!?  I've led a sheltered existence.  I usually end up asking my kids what these shady things mean.

(I'm sure someone is going to tell me that its not shady, rather shades. And that there's more than 4 dozen.)

Chilly
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Offline Bill Houghton

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Re: Hammer ID requested
« Reply #12 on: December 11, 2015, 01:17:39 PM »
You must have a good relationship with your kids if they're willing to tell you.
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Offline Chillylulu

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Re: Hammer ID requested
« Reply #13 on: December 13, 2015, 04:00:34 PM »
Quote from: Bill Houghton on December 11, 2015, 01:17:39 PM
You must have a good relationship with your kids if they're willing to tell you.

Yeah, they tell me more than I want to know.

Chilly
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